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by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538 - 1612)

M'è piú dolce il penar per Amarilli
 (Sung text for setting by C. Monteverdi)
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Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  FRE SPA
M'è piú dolce il penar per Amarilli,
che il gioir di mill'altre;
e se gioir di lei
mi vieta il mio destino, oggi si moia
per me pure ogni gioia.
Viver io fortunato
per altra donna mai, per altro amore?
né, volendo, il potrei
né, potendo, il vorrei.
E, s'esser può che 'n alcun tempo mai
ciò voglia il mio volere
o possa il mio potere,
prego il cielo ed Amor che tolto pria
ogni voler, ogni poter mi sia.

Composition:

    Set to music by Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643), "M'è piú dolce il penar per Amarilli", published 1605 [  vocal quintet ], from Libro V de madrigali, no. 13, madrigal

Text Authorship:

  • by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538 - 1612), no title, appears in Il Pastor Fido, Act III, Scene 6, lines 930-943

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Il m'est plus doux de souffrir pour Amaryllis", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • SPA Spanish (Español) (Javier Pablo Sotelo) , "Me es más dulce el penar por Amarilis", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Alberto Pedrotti

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 14
Word count: 80

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